A beautifully printed booklet containing four of Churchill’s speeches (in English) delivered May 12-13, 1948 in Oslo, together with addresses delivered by Norwegian dignitaries. This is a very good copy…
A revisionist take on how Churchill’s speeches were actually received that seeks to overturn the common view that Churchill’s oratory was an overall success in galvanizing support at home and…
A variant first printing of this rare World War I-vintage stapled paper pamphlet containing, “Speeches delivered at the Guildhall, London, on September 4th, 1914, by Mr. Asquith, Mr. Bonar Law,…
…lessons of that war should be applied today in Southeast Asia; and why future wars must be fought for clear and limited objectives.” [from dust jacket] A very good copy,…
…book (with M[a]cgowan‘s name misspelled on the dust jacket) is included here, preserved in a blue quarter-leather solander (stamped: THE SECOND WORLD WAR / Vol. III on the spine). Winston…
…marching at the head of his War Cabinet. The cartoon ran in the May 14, 1940 edition of The Evening Standard. This letter was acquired from the estate of Sir…
…was taken from Churchill’s later Abridged Edition of THE RIVER WAR. The book is in virtually mint condition. An especially attractive alternative to more common reprintings of THE RIVER WAR….
In an attempt to confront a war that escapes the dichotomous categories of good and bad, the editors have brought together a range of writing and photographic evidence that reveals…
Blue and grey-colored World War I vintage drawing of five playing cards depicting “WC” (Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty), “JJ” (John Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet), “K of…
The beloved Australian writer, reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald on the Boer War, China, London, World War I, British generals, Churchill, Kipling, etc. Fine writing. Originally published in 1934….
Traces the political and social origins of the Third International which arose during the First World War in reaction to the labor and socialist parties of the Second International ’s…
“Letter From the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Report of the Board of Officers on Claims for Property Taken for Military Purposes Within the United States During the War With…